Tag: Diaspora Church Guelph
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Diaspora’s Annual Party
What you only party once a year? That’s not very biblical is it? Jesus seemed to spend a lot of time at parties and social gatherings. You’re right, He did. He shared meals and received hospitality with all kinds of people including the ones that the proper folk said He shouldn’t. And we need to […]
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The First Multiplication of Diaspora
[November 2016] We’ve done it. We multiplied! Or I should say God has done it. Our church plant which began with one disciplemaking community is now two. This is exciting and God has led us here. It’s actually been a couple of weeks now. But the excitement is still fresh. The first morning our multiplied […]
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What Did Jesus Have in Mind?
“What did Jesus have in mind when he commissioned the church to make disciples of all nations? A missional understanding of this commission requires us to see Jesus tactic as to mobilize a whole lot of little versions of himself infiltrating every nook and cranny of society. He seeks to do this by reproducing himself, […]
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In Diaspora, We Pray
[post from September 2016] We pray. We definitely pray. Actually, we just did a worship exercise this past week (thanks Elaine!) which was about trusting God and that’s a big part of what we pray and that we pray. We trust our heavenly Father and so we spend time with Him, seeking to know Him […]
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Children and Worship
It’s so cool the way the Holy Spirit puts things together. One week at Diaspora, we had our regular DC (Disciplemaking Community). And parts of it were led as always by a variety of our people. And it was beautiful — songs, prayers, word, fellowship — all came together beautifully. Those who led ranged in […]
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Faith That Sets a Person On Fire
[a post from mid 2016] I was reading Alan Hirsch’s THE FORGOTTEN WAYS, earlier today for the umpteenth time. Such an inspiring book as he looks at missional movements and the missional DNA that carry them forward. I was challenged, inspired and stopped by the following quote from Roland Allen, “The spontaneous expansion of the […]
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Pt. 2, If The Church Is The People
…then we are the church when we gather for a worship service and also when we gather for other parts of life. For example, one Saturday morning, we did gather for worship and in the afternoon we gathered for theatre. Both were gatherings of the church. One saw us sing some songs about following Jesus. The other […]
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Pt. 1, If The Church Is The People…
then we need to stop saying, “we’re going to church”. Words are powerful. We come from faith begun by the living Word, Jesus. But we forget our words’ power and we reduce them by saying things like, “I’m going to church”. We need to stop saying that. We can’t just excuse it and say, “oh […]
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Church Around the Kitchen Table
Think of church as friends gathered around a kitchen table or in a living room instead of seated in an auditorium – that’s what we find in Diaspora. People in various stages of following Jesus gathering organically instead of organizationally. Gathering in places that are hospitable, warm, real, and personal. We meet in homes, comfortable […]
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Stick With It
[a post from November 2015] Every church wants to be faithfully fulfill its mission. They want to succeed. Most would say they want to see disciples made and the Kingdom of God here on earth. But we go about it in a variety of ways. There are different emphases, different programs, philosophies, and organizations to […]